Patna: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Sunday appointed a former minister Ram Chandra Purve as the state unit president in place of Abdul Bari Siddique.
Siddique had recently resigned from the post of the
state unit RJD President after he was elected as the leader of
the opposition in the newly-constituted assembly.

Another former minister Vidya Sagar Nishad has been
made the state unit RJD Vice-President, Ram Kripal Yadav the
party` chief general secretary and Kumar Rakesh Ranjan its
treasurer.

Prasad has rejected the resignation of Ram Vachan Rai
from the post of the state unit general secretary and asked
him to continue in the post.

Former minister Shakeel Ahmed Khan has been elevated
to the post of the chief spokesman of state unit RJD, while
former MLA Shiv Chandra Ram has been made the RJD(Youth)
President.